Originally Posted by
poggs
Just a little data point.
You will have ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE (ok <5%) of getting into a lounge at EDI with a priority pass card between 7&7, midweek between march and november.
Unless you prebook, if they even let you that is.
Either fly business or pay the £30-£50 each to book entry. Or just go to the 'spoons or one of the other restaurants. Dont rely on amex plat or premium pass.
EDI Is one busy airport nowadays.
What counts as 'midweek' in the above? Also, I would have thought, say, Friday mornings were busier than midweek for EDI -- is that not the case?
FWIW I think what you're saying is overstated given my experience flying out of EDI about 15 times in the last year. A lot of these flights recently were as Star Alliance Gold, so I didn't access the lounge with Priority Pass, but it never seemed busy, e.g. loads of empty seats for example. I also had no problem entering the Aspire lounge any time I tried with PP, including Wednesday March 8, Wednesday April 12, Wednesday May 17, and Tuesday June 6 (may have been Star Gold with this last flight though, I can't quite remember when I hit it).
Agree though that EDI is very busy these days. Luckily it seems mostly to be the hard-drinking leisure travel crowd though who probably don't have lounge access.